Kentucky

Some local law-related stories:

• State Budget Crisis Results in Steep Cuts to Legal Aid Programs ?While the demand for civil legal services for the poor is growing, funding drops
  
  By Stan at Lawreader
• Judge refuses to dismiss bid-rigging case
  
  By H-L Justice Team on Leonard Lawson
• Court upholds allowing small wineries to ship into Ky.
  
  From Courier Journal
• Judge halts higher fees for police take-home cars
  
  From CJ
• Attorneys praise Maggie Keane, defend her conduct
  
  From CJ Opinion  page
• Massey Energy to pay $4.2M in 2006 fatal fire case
  
  From Kentucky.com
  
  A Massey Energy subsidiary has agreed to pay $4.2 million in civil and criminal penalties and plead guilty to federal charges stemming from a fire that killed two miners at a southern West Virginia coal mine in January 2006, a federal official said Tuesday. 
  
  But U.S. Attorney Charles Miller said his investigation is ongoing and did not rule out the possibility that individuals might be charged with violating federal mine safety laws.
• Attorney General Conway Announces $1.1 Million Settlement With Drug Manufacturer

  By Shelley Catharine Johnson
  
  Deputy Communications Director
  
  502-696-5659 (office) on Office of the Attorney General

  Attorney General Jack Conway announced today a settlement with Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) resolving contentions that BMS violated court orders in two earlier lawsuits blocking the company from entering into collusive agreements with generic drug competitors.